Is Bush A War Criminal?
The Economist magazine recently asked if President George W. Bush might face some type of international war crimes trial after he leaves office. A retired American general is quoted as saying that the Bush administration is likely guilty of war crimes for prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib in Iraq.
You might think that lying his way into a tragic war might have already merited President Bush a charge of treason. Still, there may be an outside chance of justice with evolving standards of international law. If we can’t get justice by Bush being apprehended while abroad and placed in a cell, at least we should see the prospect of formal charges and a measure of circumspection by Bush as to where he travels after his Presidency.
On a similar note, human rights activists in France and Germany have begun to seek human rights charges against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield. The linked article explains this more specifically.
Can a person in power get away with anything at all? One hopes that after such a brutal 20th-century, this new century will bring better standards of global justice.
Please click here for a review of “The Dark Side–The Inside Story Of How The War On Terror Turned Into A War On American Ideals” by Jane Mayer. This book discusses the Bush response of torture and breaches of American civil liberties as part of the so-called “War on Terror.”
The Iraq war is a war of aggression, which is a war crime. Bush, Cheney, and a lot of other people are subject to war crimes prosecutions just for that.
i think the international community has a better chance than anything being done here. According to a link I read a few weeks ago. He can pardon all his cronies before they are even charged. He might even be able to pardon himself.
http://www.slate.com/id/2195689
libhomo—Let’s hope you are right.
Margaret–I’d like to see him pardon himself. You can’t rule it out can you? Nothing is so crazy you can rule it out with these folks.